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It is easier to put fires out in low-rise buildings. [6] Within the United States, due to the legal-economic and modernist perspectives, low-rises can in some cities be seen as less luxurious than high-rises, whereas within Western Europe (for historical identity and legal reasons) low-rise tends to be more attractive. Some businesses prefer ...
The Gillig Low Floor (originally named Gillig H2000LF and also nicknamed Gillig Advantage [1]) is a transit bus manufactured by Gillig since 1997. [2] The second low-floor bus design introduced in the United States (after the New Flyer Low Floor), the Low Floor originally served as a second product range for the company alongside the Gillig Phantom.
Typical floor heights of low-floor trams are 300 to 350 mm (11.8 to 13.8 in), and the Ultra Low Floor tram has a floor height of only 180 mm (7.1 in). For comparison high-floor trams are typically more than 600 mm (23.6 in) and rapid transit using heavy rail trains has floor heights of 800 to 1,200 mm (31.5 to 47.2 in).
Belton House.Externally the windows of the servant's semi-basement are visible at ground level. Internally they are too close to the ceiling to have a view. In architecture, a semi-basement, lower ground, lower level, etc. is a floor of a building that is half below ground, rather than entirely such as a true basement or cellar.
The oldest buildings in America have examples of that. Construction was dependent on the available resources. Wood and brick are the most common elements of English buildings in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the coastal South. It had also brought the conquest, destruction, and displacement of the indigenous peoples existing buildings in ...
Floor area (m 2) Height (ft) Height (m) Floors Year Employees Surat Diamond Bourse: Surat, Gujarat India: 660,000 268 81.9 15 2023 65,000 [1] The Pentagon: Arlington, Virginia United States: 620,000 77 23.5 7 1943 26,000 [2] Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center: Auburn Hills, Michigan United States: 490,000 249 76 15 1993 ...
Particularly high-style examples follow the Louvre precedent by breaking up the facade with superimposed columns and pilasters that typically vary their order between stories. Vernacular buildings typically employed less and more eclectic ornament than high-style specimens that generally followed the vernacular development in other styles.
A low floor tram platform in Cologne, 2005. Buses, trams, trolleys, and railway passenger cars are divided into several typical categories. Ultra Low Floor tram – 180 mm (7 in) Low floor tram – 300 to 350 mm (12 to 14 in) High floor tram – more than 600 mm (24 in) Low floor train – 550 mm (22 in)